Lock whip-socket.



T. J. EDWARDS.

LOCK WHIP SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. :4, i914.

Patented May 1, 1917.

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THOMAS J. EDWARDS, OF JAMESPORT, MISSOURI.

LOCK WHIP-SOCKET.

Application filed October 14, 1914.

T (ZZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. Enwanns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jznnesport, in the county of Daviess and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock Whip- Sockets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to lock whip sockets, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a whip socket in which a whip may be readily locked, when the owner of the vehicle desires to leave the whip in the socket while he is absent from the vehicle, to thus prevent the whip from being stolen from the whip socket.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lock whip socket which will hold a whip therein and prevent its removal therefrom excepting by the use of a key, and since all the locks for the whip are of clifferent structure, on key will only fit one socket, thus providing means whereby the whip when locked in the socket will be comparatively safe against removal by an unauthorized person.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. whip socket made in accordance with this invention and showing a whip stock in the socket,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the socket and showing the butt end of the whip in said socket locked in place,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the rectangular cam or look for throwing the spring actuated members out of connection with the bead of the whip,

Fig. t is a sectional view taken on the line al-i of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 2 designates the upper tubular portion of the whip socket and 3 is the enlarged portion containing the locking devices. Pivoted in the enlarged portion 3 at opposite sides of the lower portion of the whip socket are fingers at, said fingers being pivoted at 5 to Specification of Letters Patent.

' by suitable stop ring 15.

Patented May 1, 1917.

Serial No. 866,676.

the casing and provided at their upper ends with inwardly projecting points or stops (3 which are beveled on their upper sides, and-are forced inward toward the whip by means of springs 7. The whip S is pro-- vided with a bead or ring 9, and when the whip is inserted in the socket, it will ride over the beveled portions of the fingers and catch underneath the stop 6.

A suitable partition or disk divides the upper portion of the casing from the lower part thereof and the butt of the whip rests upon this partition 10, and the latter is provided with slots 11 to permit the fingers at to move therein. In the lower part of the casing 3 a tube 12 is mounted, said tube being held in connection with the casing 3 by means of out-turned flanges 13. Mounted to rotate on the center of th tube 1.2 is a rectangular cam or unlocking device 1%. The cam or unlocking device It is prevented from moving longitudinally on the tube 12 The cam 14 is provided with a key hole slot 16 therein and the tube 12 is provided with a slot 17 to permit the key to enter the keyhole 16 to rotate the cam 14 sufliciently to move the fingers t out of connection with the ring or bead 9.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the lock whip socket is simple in construction, will lock a whip in place, and can be unlocked only by means of a key.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claim.

What is claimed is:-

A whip socket comprising a hollow tube enlarged laterally at opposite sides to provide a pair of vertically extending recesses communicating with the interior of the tube, the lateral side walls of said recesses inclining downwardly and inwardly, a partition located within said tube andprovided with diametrically opposed slots, said partition being supported above the bottom of said tube, a pair of locking fingers having their lower ends pivoted in said recesses below said partition, the fingers extending up through the slots in said partition to a point above said partition, a hollow member extending transversely through and secured cam to prevent the latter from moving to said tube at a point below said partition longitudinally of the tube. 10 and provided with a longitudinal and a cir- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature cumferential slot a cam rotatably mounted in presence of two witnesses.

on said member at a point between said THOMAS J. EDWVARDS. fingers and provided with a slot registering Witnesses:

with said circumferential slot, and means E. M. LEWIS,

carried by said member and engaging said M. E. JOHNSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ZPatents, Washington, D. C. 

